Counselling Services

When you are living with a life partner, the quality of that relationship has a huge impact on how you face each day of your life. Whether you are in a new relationship, or have been together for decades, couples counselling can do much to enrich relationships in trouble...

Sometimes a traumatic experience can’t be processed at the time, and the shocking or frightening feelings remain stuck in the present, too easily being evoked by other .

Complex Trauma is psychological damage (and sometimes physical damage too) inflicted on a person by extremely stressful experiences over time. This form of chronic trauma may include direct threats to the person’s life, safety, psychological sanity or bodily integrity and security.

If you have Bipolar Disorder, you have come to the right place, because at Ryde/Gladesville we understand this illness very well. We specialise in helping people with bipolar, and over the last 15 years have helped many hundreds of people to learn how to manage it,

Traumatic experiences are those that have disrupted our sense of safety in the world or relationships, eg. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), sexual abuse, bullying, war.

Life, it turns out, can be harder than you think. Some of the major milestones that in your younger days you thought would just happen automatically for you, may not have eventuated – or if they did, may not have fulfilled that early promise. Things like finding a life partner, having children, or working in a job that feels right for you

Caring for someone with a terminal illness is an emotional and stressful experience, often involving a range of feelings such as hope, fear, stress, anger, regret and grief.

Chronic pain is a common experience in Australia: about one-third of people experience chronic pain, and for some, pain is constant. In adults, pain can be caused by injuries, surgery, and medical conditions like arthritis and back problems.

Workplace bullying is an endemic problem in some workplaces, where intimidation, shaming, blaming or sexual harrassment can gradually become part of the culture, sometimes without being fully recognised at first - either by the person being bullied, and sometimes even the person doing the bullying.